The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-03-15

Ee-Au,RnReSnenf Of Tariff Un-
= der the Interstate Com
naerce Bill
lfFrOm The Rlchmobd Df.D.tcb,l,,

kfom the Richmond Dispatch.R 81
i The law "to regulate CONNIE rcel
! more commonly known as the inter
State leon4meres bill, which va.
paBsed by Congress at its 2s ssioT
lJust ended, goe0s into effect the 5ti
LOT April One ofits most important
lproVisions is that no railroad, steam.
boat Company or other transporta,
lion hle ehal charge more for car
EEing fFeight q short distance than
IIor carving it q long one. For In
ne, the Petersburg reaA under the
pEsseiat lA4s eell charge, more sf0I
porting freight ffam, here rto
feteH5urg betWeen which points
there is no competition than from
here to Augusta, Eq.s plleEe there
are eomReti linas.l den1i new
I1EtE sannat ~ charged but
there is no. provision thai charges
shsttEn se ~ greak Ql2 Eas7s75l
!. 2, Ky HAT TIE LAW FRoYIDEs.- :
6 Thef bfllspr5vides for tie apip0ints
ment ~ gHe President. by ahd d With
the AEHiSs and consent Of the eqSenl
ate, of ave tecs niSsionefs; NJ lho 3 shall
|sSe me law isprSpeFly ,exeuteds
Not more than thrcasspffS Sthese shall
belOng to the same polltica! gi,aftv.
and those first appointed shall Iio! ..
-o&ce for 3tw., three. four, FIVE. and
six Years respectively, the term of
each to be designatedr.i.y .the Presis
dent. Their successors shall be
appointed for terms of six years,
except those appointed TO fill unex-
pired terms made vacant, by. death,
.resignatiOh, or removal The comk
missioners are not to be in any way
Interested in any transport alton line.
and shall not engage in ANY other
business, vocation or employment,
They receive salary of O. 500 per
annun, and are zauthorizedato en-
ploy!a !a clerk at a salary of So 500
and other assistants if, needed. :, -
! In order TO com ply with the pros
visions Of this law it is necessary
that all of the common carriers shall
mako an entirely new set of afzrates.a
This is an onerous task and will
keep tue transportation agents of
the various lines of the country busy
rom now until operations under
the new laW are hegp revising their
Of charges.
PRESENT RATES TO BE CANCELLED,
Mr.zSoL. Haas; traffic manager of
the Associated Railways, yesterday
said ne0nSeEGation with 3 DISPATCH
repoFtefshat cirpd dIara had beensent
cut to.all of the depot lgeats an III !;
ceiling the present rates and telling
them that new ones will be furnished |
az soon as they can be arranged.
"We will be Fortunate" said he. ttif1
We can get through with the arevis-f
ion By the night Of April 4. Thei
work is very te 1ious as we'll as great |
and will necessarily consume a con
siderable amount Of time. ''-t.2-.1, - 70 |
When asked if the revisers would !
meet again yesterday prominent |
railroad man said he supposed aevtI
would that they had done not ngl
but meet since the law was passed.
- .sr,.sg, Personal. a3',. r ..
= The following gentlemen connect
ID with the lines centering here are
comforting and spending several
1ouFs together daily arranging their
schedules OF charges: r. NJ Emer4
on, general freight and passenger
Igent of the Atlantic Coast Line /; F.
". Clarke. general freight and pass
sngera agent of the Seaboard Airs
line j = Dr8ke, general freight
gent of the Richmond and Danville:
:. 7. Myers, superintendent of
Eranportation of the Seaboard and
and Z, "A. Taylor general
Dassenger agent of fthe Richmond, {
fredericksburg and Potomac rail-4 /;
Dad. -a29<y4]z@ 7 81, 59Ifz
Capt. Jas. B. sEadss agman ofgreat
chemes, and great achievements
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